Display cabinet or container for stationery or other merchandise



Sept. 3, 1929. H, HARSHMAN 1,726,664

.DISPLAY CABINET OR CONTAINER FOR STATIONERY OR OTHER MERCHANDISE FiledMay 1928 //V///\/TOR H H. HARJHM/QN.

Patented Sept. 3, 1929.

UNITED STATES,

PATENT OFFICE.

HUBER)? HARRY HABSHMAN, OF. TORONTO, QNTARIO, CANADA.

DISPLAY CABINET 0R CONTAINER STATIONERY OR OTHER MEBCHANDISE.

Application filed May 7,

My invention relates to improvements in display cabinets orcontalnersforStat-1011- ery or other merchandise, and the object of and when thecover is raised to its open or substantially vertical position suchretaining means may be adjusted from a position adjacent the top of thecard to a position adjacent the bottom of the card to simultaneouslyrelease all the cards for free withdrawal of any one card, and yet holdthe remaining cards in a display position, or, adjusted to return to aposition adjacent the upper end of the card soas to hold the card inplace when carried towards an inverted position, and at the same timedevise means for preventing the retaining means catching on a ribbonbow, or any superimposed card portion such as in valentines or anythingelse projecting from the face of a card body, as the retaining means isadjusted from one position to the other, and it consists essentially ofthe arrangement and construction of parts as hereinafter moreparticularly explained.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my cabinet or container shown in theopen position.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective detail showing one of the retainersand the various positions it assumes in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through a portion of the container coverand showing one of the retainers and the parts coacting therewith.

In the drawing like characters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

1 indicates the body of the container which is provided with an inclinedtop 1*.

The container body 1 may be utilized for the containing of stock or forany other urpose desired. 2 is the container cover w ich is hingedlyconnected at 2" to the body 1 at the upper end of the inclined topthereof. 3 are a plurality of channel bars extending transversely of theface of the cover and forming ledges on which the lower edges of thecards 4 rest. 5 and 6 are slide bars held in guideways 7 and 8 at eachside of the face of the cover, the bars 5 and 6 being 1928. 'serial No.275,890.

preferably provided with thumb pieces 5" and 6 by which the slide barsmay be moved manually longitudinally.

The bar 5 is provided with inturned end portions 9 and 10 andthebar 6with opposing inturned end portions 11 and 12. Between the end portions9 and 10 and 11 and 12 extend wires 13 and 14 divided centrally of theirlength and connected together by a tightening turn buckle 15.

The opposite or upper and lower ends of each wire 13 and 14 is connectedto the inturned portions 9 and 10 and 11 and 12 by tension springs 16thereby keeping the wires 13 and 14 taut. Extending transversely betweenthewires 13 and 14 and adjacent each ledge 3 is a transverse retainingwire 17. i

18 are a series of stationary cam projections which are semi-oval inform and secured to the face of the cover 2 so as to extend edgewisetherefrom. A cam projection 18 is located adjacent each transverseretaining wire 17. \Vhen it is desired to close the cover all it isnecessary to do is to move the slide bars 13 and 14 longitudinallyupward. This movement carries the transverse retaining wires 17 in acorresponding direction and as they are carried upward each wire ridesupon the edge of the corresponding cam projection 18, thereby forcingthe wire outward from the face of the card so that such wire will passupward free of the face and as it travels to the upper end of the camdrops gradually onto the face of the card so as to again grip it at itsupper end or into the position it should assume for retaining the cardin place when carried toward an inverted position by the closing of thecover 2.

When the cover is open and it is desired to display the cards all it isnecessary to do is to move the slide bars 13 and 14 in the oppositedirection, the retaining wire 17 returning over the edges of the cams 18so as to drop onto the face of the card adjacent its lower end and leavethe cards free to be withdrawn.

It will thus be seen by this movement of the retaining wires that if anyprojectin portion is carried upon the face of the car the wire as itrides over the edge of the cam in either an upward or downward directionis lifted clear of the card face and thereby avoids any liability ofcatching any such p je tion which wou d. have a t e y to displace thecard or make the device awkward to operate. 7

What I claim as my invention is 1. In a display cabinet or container forstationery and other merchandise, the com bination with the coverthereof of a series of transverse supporting ledges carried on a face ofthe cover and upon which the lower edges of the stationery or likemerchandise are adapted to rest, a retaining wire ex tendingtransversely of the cover adjacent each ledge, carrying means for theends of the retaining wires adjustably carried in the cover to moveupward or downward, and means for carrying the retaining wires clear ofthe face of the card as such wires are carried from the upward to thedownward position or vice versa.

2. In a display cabinet or container for stationery and othermerchandise, the com-- bination with the cover thereof of a series oftransverse supporting ledges carried on a face of the cover and uponwhich the lower edges of the stationery or like merchandise are adaptedto rest, a retaining wire extending transversely of the cover ad acenteach ledge, carrying means for theends of the retaining wires adjustablycarried in the cover to move upward or downward, cam projections havingan arc-shaped periphery secured to the cover so that such peripheryprojects therefrom and over which the re taining wires ride as they passfrom an up ward to a downward position or vice versa.

3. In a display cabinet or container for stationery or othermerchandise, the combination with the cover thereofof a series oftransverse supporting ledges carried on the face of the cover and uponwhich the lower edges of cards or other like merchandise are adaptedrest, slide bars guided to move longitudinally at each side of the coverand at each end of the ledges and provided with inturned upper and lowerends, carrying wires extending between such of transverse supportingledges carried on the face of the coverand upon which the lower edges ofcards or other like merchandise are adapted to rest, slide bars guidedto move longitudinally at each side of the cover and at each end of theledges and provided with inturned upper and lower ends,

carrying wires extending between such in-' turned ends, tension springsconnecting the ends of the carrying wires to the 'inturned ends, meansinterposed in the length of the carrying wires for adjusting the tensionthereon, transverse retaining wires extending between the carryingwires, and means for forcing the retaining wires outward from the faceof the cards as they are carried from their upper to their lowerposition or vice versa.

5. In a display device for cards and other stationery or merchandise, asupporting member, a series of transverse card supporting means carriedby a face of the supporting member and upon which the lower edges of theaforesaid cards are adapted to rest so as to bear against the face ofthe sup porting member, a retainer extending transversely of the cover,means for moving the retainer from a. position adjacent the lower edgeof the card to a position adjacent the upper edge of the card or viceversa, and means for carrying the retainer as it is passed from oneposition to the other clear of the face of the card.

HUBERT HARRY I-IARSHMAN.

